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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 5.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does the author describe dreaming about being with her father two nights before he died in Chapter 5?
(a) At her childhood home.
(b) At the Bullpen.
(c) At a cemetery.
(d) At the theater.

2. What gift does the author describe having bought for herself after receiving a letter from her mother after coming out in Chapter 3?
(a) A men's suit.
(b) A pair of earrings.
(c) A Swiss army knife.
(d) A book.

3. What is the date printed on the passport photo from the author's trip to Europe with her family in Chapter 3?
(a) June 3, 1969.
(b) September 1, 1971.
(c) March 13, 1963.
(d) June 29, 1967.

4. What word from Chapter 5 means resembling sunlight?
(a) Maudlin.
(b) Legerdemain.
(c) Crepuscular.
(d) Gregarious.

5. What childhood fictional character does Joan describe as "a total imperialist" in the panel from page 80?
(a) Christopher Robin.
(b) Alice.
(c) Jiminy Cricket.
(d) Mickey Mouse.

Short Answer Questions

1. Into what war was Bruce Bechdel drafted?

2. What author does Bechdel recall reading regarding her obsessive-compulsive disorder when she was a child?

3. The author says in Chapter 3, "Dad was passionate about many writers, but he had a particular reverence for" whom?

4. The author says of her father in Chapter 1, "He used his skillful artifice not to make things, but to make things appear to be" what?

5. How old was the author when her "actual obsessive-compulsive disorder began"?

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